سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) وَ أَنَا حَاضِرٌ كَمْ يُقْرَأُ فِي الزَّوَالِ فَقَالَ ثَمَانِينَ آيَةً فَخَرَجَ الرَّجُلُ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا هَارُونَ هَلْ رَأَيْتَ شَيْخاً أَعْجَبَ مِنْ هَذَا الَّذِي سَأَلَنِي عَنْ شَيْءٍ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ وَ لَمْ يَسْأَلْنِي عَنْ تَفْسِيرِهِ هَذَا الَّذِي يَزْعُمُ أَهْلُ الْعِرَاقِ أَنَّهُ عَاقِلُهُمْ يَا أَبَا هَارُونَ إِنَّ الْحَمْدَ سَبْعُ آيَاتٍ وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ثَلَاثُ آيَاتٍ فَهَذِهِ عَشْرُ آيَاتٍ وَ الزَّوَالَ ثَمَانُ رَكَعَاتٍ فَهَذِهِ ثَمَانُونَ آيَةً .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Salih Bin Uqba, from Abu Haroun Al Makfouf who said, ‘A man asked Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> and I was present, ‘How much should one recite during the midday?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Eighty Verses’. So the man went out, and he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘O Abu Haroun! Have you ever seen a Sheykh more strange than this one who asked me<sup>asws</sup> about something, so I<sup>asws</sup> informed him, and he did not ask me<sup>asws</sup> about its explanation? This is the one whom the people of Al-Iraq are claiming to be their most intellectual one. O Abu Haroun! Al-Hamd (Chapter 1) is of seven Verses, and ‘<span class="ibTxt">Say He</span><sup class="ibTxt">azwj</sup><span class="ibTxt"> Allah</span><sup class="ibTxt">azwj</sup><span class="ibTxt"> is One</span> (Chapter 112) is of three Verses. So these are ten Verses, and (for) the midday there are eight <span class="iTxt">Rak’at</span>. Thus these are eighty Verses’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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